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Ethiopia: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1960–2025 · 66 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
12.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.5 pointsfrom 9.54%
Average, 2016–2025
14.1%10 years
Record high and low
27.0% (2003)low 4.47% (1960)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203113.7Forecast
203013.8Forecast
202913.6Forecast
202813.5Forecast
202712.5Forecast
202613.1Forecast
202512.0
20249.54
202310.8
202212.7
202113.8
202014.5
201915.4
201816.1
201718.0
201617.9

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Ethiopia documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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